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Worth the mud!
It was muddy out in Kent on a London Birding Breakout Tour yesterday with David from Ontario but the birds made all the slipping and...
Wildstarts
Feb 241 min read


Peaceful birding in Richmond Park
We had a great time birding with Nick and Catherine on a London Birding Mini-Trip this week. In three hours we logged 40 species, most...
Wildstarts
Nov 17, 20241 min read


Sunny birding mini-trip
It was an absolutely perfect morning when Sarah and I started the day's Sussex Birding Mini-Trip at Iping Common, with the sun out and...
Wildstarts
Mar 26, 20242 min read


Rye filling up with birds
We were greeted by a fly-over Marsh Harrier as we met Andrew and Ellie at Rye Harbour for a Sussex Guided Bird Walk recently, before...
Wildstarts
Mar 25, 20242 min read


Level best birding
Our day's birding with Kiran, Merryn, Aria and Kate started at Pett Level, where there was plenty on offer! We were greeted by fields...
Wildstarts
Feb 6, 20242 min read


Onto the floods
It was still very flooded out on the South Brooks as we headed past the visitor centre and onto the reserve. Straight away we could see...
Matt Phelps
Jan 23, 20242 min read


Rye raptor encounters
A showy pair of Stonechats kicked off our Sussex Guided Bird Walk with Hector and Nigel as we headed out to the reserve at Rye Harbour....
Wildstarts
Dec 23, 20232 min read


Winter thrushes now in!
We headed out with Patrick from Heathrow Airport towards the Sussex countryside mid-morning on Monday, in a bid to see as many species as...
Wildstarts
Dec 1, 20233 min read


Sunny Rye Harbour bird tour
Soon after starting out on our Sussex Guided Bird Walk at Rye Harbour with Steve and Annette last week, we were stopped in our tracks by...
Wildstarts
Nov 25, 20232 min read


Hen-do birding!
We gathered at the north end of Lodmoor on a rather wet overcast morning, but the group were in high spirits as we set the ‘hen’ of the...
Nick Bond
Nov 22, 20231 min read


Silent Cuckoo
Adrian and I met at the walkers' car park at Knepp Wildlands and embarked on the day's Sussex Birding Mini-Trip. After watching Stock...
Wildstarts
Jul 10, 20233 min read


58 lifers
Josh from Colorado asked us to take him on a big day of guided birding out from London so we picked him up from Kensington at 4am and...
Wildstarts
Jul 2, 20235 min read


Trip to the Thames Estuary
I picked up Mary and Jeff from Stratford mid-morning on a recent sunny Saturday and we headed east for a few hours birding on the Kent...
Wildstarts
Jun 28, 20233 min read


Warnham and Pagham mini-tour
We arrived at Warnham Local Nature Reserve shortly after opening time for a recent Sussex Birding Mini-Trip with Stuart and his mother....
Wildstarts
May 7, 20232 min read


Where snipe swim
Tuesday's private Sussex Guided Bird Walk with Jennifer started with the sounds of Greenfinch and Nuthatch as we headed out from the...
Wildstarts
Mar 10, 20232 min read


West Sussex Summer Delights
A full day out in wonderful West Sussex with Mel and Adam who had kindly booked us for a customised day tour. The day started nice and...
Nick Bond
Jul 3, 20223 min read


A sunny morning at the brooks
The filter beds were busy with birds at Waltham Brooks this morning, with a Grey Wagtail singing his metallic song being very hard to...
David Campbell
Feb 26, 20221 min read
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